She had never seen the person who sealed her or the person who helped her break free. She only heard people around her say that she was discovered by staff members when she was conscious.
She didn't think much of it at the time, but now that she thinks about it, it seems like there was always a hand orchestrating and controlling everything behind the scenes.
Including himself entering that base, including Luo Ying entering that base, he even became her teacher, and she was still attracted to him.
It even included the person who killed her, and the mutated Qilin beast that killed Luo Ying. Furthermore, as Li Mai slowly reflected on the mutated beasts now appearing in this world, she felt as if a giant hand was manipulating and arranging everything from behind the scenes.
The grandmother's companionship, her rebirth, and the marriage of Luo Ying as Zhou Quan were all arranged by them.
Li Mai slowly narrowed his eyes. If this was a carefully planned arrangement, then they had only one purpose: to obtain Luo Ying's beast bloodline.
What they want is for Zhou Quan to awaken the bloodline of a strange beast in this life. If he cannot awaken the bloodline due to reincarnation, then they will target his bloodline successor.
The other party's goal was the child in her womb.
But that doesn't make sense either. In his past life, wasn't Luo Ying killed by a mutated beast, and wasn't his heart ripped out? And his body—if the person behind it was his grandfather, then it should have been easy for them to get his blood, right?
After thinking about it for a while, Li Mai couldn't figure it out, and even felt a slight headache, so she quickly stopped thinking about it.
Gu Zhe then looked at Li Mai and said softly, "Baby, would you like to come and visit our side?"
Li Mai shook her head, "I don't want to go before I give birth. Let's talk about it after I give birth!"
Before she understood what was going on, she didn't want to go to Taiyuan, fearing that her relatives there might have been harmed behind her back.
“Okay, let me know whenever you want to go, and I’ll make the arrangements. Although your mother doesn’t remember you, she’ll definitely remember you when she sees you. And your two older brothers, they’ve always wanted a little sister. When the opportunity arises, I’ll take you there and make you my goddaughter, so you’ll have two more brothers to protect you,” Gu Zhe said with a hopeful expression.
Li Mai glanced at him. Perhaps he hadn't done anything since his rebirth, but thinking about those things from her past life, and the fact that she didn't remember him giving her fatherly love, she couldn't feel close to him.
Therefore, Li Mai shook her head, "I have a sworn brother who treats me very well. Your son is, after all, from the Southern You Kingdom. I'm afraid we won't become family."
Gu Zhe silently shut his mouth. It seemed that his child still didn't want to acknowledge him as his father. Only when he let go of everything and focused on enjoying this life did he realize how much of a failure he had been as a father in front of this child in that previous life.
Li Mai didn't want to talk about family ties with him, and simply asked, "Do you know where my grandparents are now?"
Gu Zhe waved his hand and took out the two crystal boxes he had shown her last time. Inside, a golden crystal chip lay quietly.
But at that moment, Li Mai felt that it might not be her grandparents.
She looked at Gu Zhe, "Do you have a way of detecting the primordial spirits of Grandpa and Grandma here?"
“Okay.” Gu Zhe took out a chip, then waved his hand, and a larger, camera-like object appeared in his hand. He placed the chip in the slot and pointed to the display screen for Li Mai and Zhou Quan to see.
Li Mai and Zhou Quan saw their grandmother's peaceful sleeping face. Although it was a small, blurry image, she recognized it as her grandmother.
Zhou Quan held Li Mai's hand, and the two looked at each other in silence.
Gu Zhe placed another one on the screen, but the image of Grandpa's spirit did not appear on the display screen.
Gu Zhe was stunned. "How could this be?"
Li Mai slowly withdrew her gaze, which confirmed her guess. Her grandfather was probably not dead, or he had been reborn as someone else. Perhaps her grandfather had been involved in these behind-the-scenes events.
She sat back on the soft couch, dazed, as Zhou Quan helped her, her mind filled with memories and images of her grandfather.
Gu Zhe was clearly also shocked by this. He was stunned for a moment, then put away the things on the table and looked at Li Mai silently. He said softly, "Baby, Dad really didn't know your grandpa wasn't here now. I saw him here more than ten years ago."
Li Mai glanced at him and nodded. "I believe you. Let me ask you one more time: is my space actually a chip that's bound to my body?"
Gu Zhe nodded, "Yes, mine is the same. Our spaces are all made of chips developed by the research organization."
"Then can you go into my space without my permission?" Li Mai asked.
Gu Zhe shook his head. "I can't do it, but your grandfather might be able to. He was the one who developed this spatial chip. When we were creating you, your grandfather secretly wanted to give you something to protect you and also wanted the spiritual spring water to nourish your spirit, so he gave you this spiritual spring space."
"So, the soul in my body wasn't originally a human soul, but a spirit nourished by the spiritual spring water?" Li Mai asked again.
“No, it’s not that. Your spirit was an ancient spirit that your grandfather captured. He didn’t know her identity, so we used equipment to purify her spirit and used the spiritual spring water in the space to nourish her spirit and merge her with your body. It took ten years, and the baby that finally grew into you is you,” Gu Zhe said softly.
After a long silence, Li Mai couldn't help but murmur, "No wonder they could turn such a beautiful world into a dilapidated mess. Has human intelligence become that advanced?"
“Baby, no matter what, you will always be Daddy’s baby, and Daddy will never hurt you. I also know that there are mutated beasts around you, but don’t worry, Daddy will never let anyone hurt you again.”
After Gu Zhe finished speaking, he stood up and said, "Then you should take good care of yourself and the baby. Your body cannot handle multiple pregnancies. This child may be the only one for the two of you, so you must take good care of it."
After saying that, Gu Zhe's figure disappeared from the spot.
After Gu Zhe disappeared, the two people inside the room sat quietly for a long time.
Li Mai got down from the ground, came behind Zhou Quan, put her arms around his neck, and gently leaned against his back. "I'm sorry, I didn't know we had that kind of relationship in our past life."
Zhou Quan slowly stood up, turned around, hugged her in his arms, and sighed softly.
“Let’s not think about those things anymore. Those are just memories from our past lives. The present is the life we’re meant to live. We’ll stay happily together forever, okay?” Zhou Quan’s voice was low and trembling slightly.
After hearing Gu Zhe's words, he felt not anger or resentment, but fear and trembling. He was afraid that the happiness he had finally obtained in this life would suddenly leave him one day.
He feared that Li Mai might suddenly disappear from his sight one day, and that the truth would tell him that all the happiness he had gained in this life was just a dream, just a bubble.
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